diff --git a/SPECS/speech-tools.spec b/SPECS/speech-tools.spec
index b0a8f2e..c8ee519 100644
--- a/SPECS/speech-tools.spec
+++ b/SPECS/speech-tools.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           speech-tools
 Version:        2.5
-Release:        17%{?dist}
+Release:        18%{?dist}
 Summary:        Edinburgh speech tools library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ and some basic signal processing software.
 %build
 %configure
 # The following make invocation is necessary because configure does not honor the default compiler flags and ignoring those breaks the debuginfo package generation. Also, it disables problematic parallel make.
-%__make CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC -flto -fno-lto" CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC -flto -fno-lto" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -flto -fno-lto"
+%__make CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC -flto -fno-lto" CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC -flto -fno-lto -Wl,-z,now" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -flto -fno-lto"
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ but they might be depended upon by some third-party developers as well.
 %{_libdir}/*.a
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 26 2022 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.5-18
+- Link with -Wl,-z,now
+  Resolves: rhbz#2044891
+
 * Tue Aug 10 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 2.5-17
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688